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J H Barkau & Sons Cedarville

Cedarville, IL

4.9
1,178 Reviews
Since 1952, J.H. Barkau & Sons has served the Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin stateline area for their automotive needs. We can proudly boast to over 70,000 customers in those years and have had thousands of customers purchase multiple vehicles and generations of families that have allowed us to serve them. When John H. Barkau founded the business, his goal was to bring quality, affordable transportation to the local area. Jim (2nd generation), Rick (3rd generation), and Willie (3rd generation) Barkau have continued in that tradition while expanding our marketplace to be worldwide. We have had vehicles shipped to Russia, Sweden, Australia, Turkey, Mexico and many other locations. We have vehicles purchased by customers in 49 states and commonly have customers fly in to pick up their new vehicles. In all of this, it has been a pleasure for the Barkau family to help fulfill the transportation needs of a varied clientele. J.H. Barkau & Sons has accomplished this feat by continuing to offer quality, hand-picked vehicles at very competitive prices. We believe in offering our customers an incredible selection that is second to none, with over 1100 vehicles available for purchase. We believe in a no pressure sales environment and in quality reconditioning of our inventory selection. Our sales teams at our Cedarville and Freeport stores each have over a century of experience in helping fill the needs of our vast customer base. The funny part is, we remember a lot of you years later and we are genuinely happy to see you. But selling cars is not all that we do. We believe in supporting the local community through donations, Toy Drives, Food Drives and many other local charities and fundraisers. We also run the “Excellerate” program for Aquin Catholic Schools and have facilitated over 113 donated vehicles. That may be part of the reason that we have been voted the “Best In Region” Used Car Dealership for 15 straight years. Great vehicles, great people, great exp
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200 North Stephenson Street

Cedarville, IL

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February 25, 2023

Locating and purchasing my vehicle was a breeze! I told them what I was looking for, they had a few options immediately available, in which I was able to decide that very day. Thank you Tim, for you More

by frostbit82
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February 25, 2023

We are now big fans of Tim Border and Barkau. Though we live about two hours away, we saw a few listings online that were just what we were looking for and we called for more information. Tim was More

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February 25, 2023

After purchasing a 2018 vehicle from them…less than 3 months later it breaks down. We discover the battery is covered in rust, the terminal clamps are one sneeze away from crumbling and the cover to prot More

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February 09, 2023

Tim was Very personable, and patient. Took time to show my elderly mother all bells and whistles. Like to think we would be friends if we lived there over there. Terrific car dealership e More

by cowboyup143
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February 09, 2023

Very professional and courteous, Tim was very pleasant to do business with, highly recommended to anyone More

by rdellstove
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February 07, 2023

From first contact by me, Korey was there to answer my questions and responded right away though I had emailed well after working hours. I showed up early & without an appointment but was greeted and tak More

by Steve H.
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Korey Korosec
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January 26, 2023

I had a good experience buying my truck from Tim Border. I appreciate that the dealership put new tires on the truck and even filled the tank for me. I have never had a dealership go the extra mile like t More

by Jeff
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January 23, 2023

Excellent experience with the purchase of this vehicle. We drove over 3 hours to look at the Expedition and they went above and beyond to help us get it home same day when our financing was hung up on our More

by rse3543
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December 22, 2022

I had a great experience purchasing this vehicle from Tim Border. Search him out when looking to buy a used vehicle. I drove over 100 miles to look at this truck and it was exactly as Tim described to me - More

by Brad C.
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December 13, 2022

We found the perfect vehicle here and Tim helped us get the deal of a century!!!! Tim was amazing at making sure our vehicle was cleaned up, fresh battery, warrantied for 3 months and detailed upon pick u More

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